Ngesonto eledlule iwebhusayithi yesiSwidi yashicilela lokho surface angaya emakethe ngentengo ngaphezulu kuka-$1.000 (futhi ngaphansi kwama- $ 2.000) okubangele isiphithiphithi kwabezindaba ezikhethekile, njengoba iMicrosoft yayimemezele ukuthi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, Indawo engaphezulu izoba nenani elincintisanayo. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba le webhusayithi efanayo ishicilelwe ukuthi isibalo siphendule izilinganiso zakho futhi hhayi ekuvuzeni kwenkampani yangaphakathi; Nokho, amahlebezi mayelana nenani lomkhiqizo awayeki ukuvela.
NgoJuni odlule, iMicrosoft yamemezela ukwethulwa kwezinguqulo ezimbili ezihlukene zokuthi kuzoba yini ithebhulethi yayo: Ingaphezulu RT y Surface Pro. Eyokuqala izoba neprosesa ARM futhi izoza ukuzovala imisebenzi yamaphilisi azosetshenziswa, kanti eyesibili izoba neprosesa Intel futhi izoqondiswa kakhulu ukuze isebenze njenge-ultrabook. Zombili zizogijima Windows 8 Futhi nakuba, ngokusho kwenkampani, zizokhishwa ngamanani ancintisanayo, sisazi okuncane ngakho.
Nokho, ulwazi olubeke intengo ye-Surface phakathi i-$ 1.000 kanye ne-$ 2.000 ibonakala ingaxazululi; ngokuphambene nalokho, manje enye idatha iqala ukujikeleza kakhulu anokuhambisana. U-Erick Franklin ovela kuwebhusayithi ye-CNET Ucabanga ukuthi i-32GB Surface RT izodayisa ngo-$530 bese kuthi i-64GB ibe ngama-dollar angu-630; Ngenkathi inguqulo ye-Pro izobiza u-$ 850 nge-64GB kanye ne-$ 950 ye-128GB.
Noma kunjalo konke kunje izilinganiso size sithole izibalo ezisemthethweni kwaMicrosoft. Esikwaziyo ngokuqinisekile ukuthi inkampani isivele ihambisa ama-chip ukuze iqale ukukhiqizwa kwedivayisi ezoqala ukudayiswa ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba. Eqinisweni, isignesha ukuqasha onjiniyela ezinhlwini zabo ukuze baqedele ukucacisa umkhiqizo, ngokunikezwa kwemisebenzi kuwebhusayithi yabo. Ngakho-ke bafuna ukuqhubeka nokuqinisa iqembu elivele linamandla elinikezelwe ku-Surface.
IMicrosoft iphinde ikhulume ekhasini layo elithi "imijikelezo yokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo esheshayo”. Le nhloso ingadalula izinto ezimbili, eyokuqala eyokuthi ngokusebenza ngemijikelezo, kungenzeka ukuthi baguqule isu labo ngendlela abaqhubeka ngayo. Apple, abakhiqiza umkhiqizo ngonyaka, kunowezinye izinkampani ezifana Samsung lokho kusebenza ngendlela ehlakazekile kakhulu futhi evumelana nezimo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma ijwayelana nale mijikelezo yentuthuko, yinto okumele ibonakale enanini, ilahliwe inani lama-dollar angu-1.000, futhi siyaqonda ukuthi kuzoba inani elihambisana kakhulu nelabantu abancintisana nabo ngqo.